BL1 vs BL7: house prices per square metre compared
BL1 (Heaton) has a median of £2,390 per m² against £3,150 in BL7 (Bromley Cross). BL7 is the more expensive of the two: BL1 is 24.1% cheaper per m². The figures come from 556 and 114 matched sales in the last 12 months of HM Land Registry data.
£291,250, the median sale price in BL7, buys about 92 m² there and about 122 m² in BL1, a difference of 30 m² at each district’s own median. Over the 10 years to Q1 2026, BL1 moved +6.0% a year against BL7 at +3.8% a year, before inflation.
Sales in the last 12 months.
| Measure | BL1High confidence Heaton, Bolton £2,390median per m² | BL7Medium confidence Bromley Cross, Bolton £3,150median per m² | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price per m² | £2,390 | £3,150 | +31.8% |
| Median sale price | £195,000 | £291,250 | +49.4% |
| Middle 60% of salesp20 to p80 | £1,810–£3,140 | £2,490–£3,750 | |
| Sales (last 12 months) | 581 | 212 | −369 |
| With a matched floor areaThe denominator behind each median per unit area | 556 | 114 | −442 |
| Mean floor area (matched sales) | 92 m² | 125 m² | +36.3% |
| Annual change over 9.8 years | +6.0% a year | +3.8% a year | −2.2 pts |
| By property typeMedian price per m² for each property type sold in the last 12 months. | |||
| Detached | £3,250n = 87 | £3,700n = 43 | +13.8% |
| Semi-detached | £2,880n = 171 | no sales | n/a |
| Terraced | £2,050n = 228 | £2,780n = 41 | +35.4% |
| Flat | £1,770n = 70 | no sales | n/a |
| Difference: BL1 minus BL7. | |||
| All BL1 sold prices | All BL7 sold prices |
Each trend line is that district’s own quarterly median price per square metre, scaled to its own range: compare directions, not heights. Gaps are quarters with too few matched sales to publish a median.
Frequently asked questions
Why compare BL1 and BL7 on price per square metre rather than price?
A raw sale price mostly reflects how big homes are; price per square metre corrects for size, so BL1 and BL7 can be compared on what a buyer actually gets for the money. Both figures here are medians of sold price divided by EPC floor area, from HM Land Registry sales, computed the same way for both areas.
Why do BL1 and BL7 show different numbers of sales?
The two districts are different sizes and trade at different rates, and each figure is computed over the matched sales its own area produced in its stated window. The matched-sale count is printed beside each median because it is that median's own denominator.
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · Floor areas from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register · how these figures are made